Houston, Texas. Rice University, McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall, 6100 Main St. Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms. This talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. McInnis Auditorium, 2nd floor, Dalhousie Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue. Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms. This talk will be part of the Dalhousie Student Union Speaker Series.

Tamkang University, 5, Lane 199,Kinghua Street,
Taipei ,Taiwan 10650, R.O.C. Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend. Registration is required.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Hall 2 of the Woodward Instructional Resources Center, University of British Columbia. Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other direction.

Salon Fenix Gran Hotel Puerto La Cruz, Final Av. Paseo Colon, Puerto la Cruz - Estado Anzoategui, Venezuela. (+58 (0281) 500 36 11 / 36 14) This speech will be given in Spanish as part of the Cuarto Congreso Nacional de Software Libre. Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.

Location: Sala d'Actes del Rectora, Edifici del Rectorat, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de la UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Valles), Espana. (Detailed location to be announced.) This talk will be part of AnyComputacioLinuxL-2008 (http://www.gnuab.org/wiki/index.php/AnyComputacioLinuxL-2008Richard ). Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.

Location: Kalkscheune, Johannisstr. 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.

Whanganui, New Zealand. Davies Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Manawatu-Wanganui 4500 (street entrance to museum). Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide.

Chicago, IL. Finnigan Auditorium, 144 Damen Hall, Lake Shore Campus,6430 N. Kenmore Ave., Loyola University - Chicago. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be part of Loyola University's Science Week and of the Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series. It will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.